He always thought that his father liked Chu Chuan because Chu Chuan looked more like their mother, while he himself looked more like their father. It turned out it wasn't that simple. Since his mother hadn't had another child for all these years, did his father raise Chu Chuan as if he were the child born to him and his mother?
No wonder his mother always looked like she had eaten something disgusting every time she mentioned Chu Chuan. It was really off - putting.
It was his fault that he hadn't taken a good look at Chu Chuan all these years. Otherwise, he might have discovered this secret earlier.
Even if he had discovered it earlier, it wouldn't have made any difference. It would only have made him question his father's character even more.
"Are you thirsty after talking for so long, Lan Lan? Let me pour you a glass of water, okay?" Chu Hengyuan coaxed softly.
However, the little fox, who was in a fit of anger, couldn't sense Chu Hengyuan's tenderness. She warned fiercely, "I haven't finished yet! Don't interrupt me!"
Chu Hengyuan had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, okay. I won't interrupt. You can continue."
Rong Lan reached out and touched the ears on top of her head, trying hard to recall what she wanted to say next. "You! You're not only a heartless philanderer when it comes to relationships! You're also a failed father!"
Chu Hengyuan watched the little girl's small paws grabbing and pinching at the air, and shook his head with a smile. Fortunately, he had gotten there in time to bring her back. Otherwise, her actions might have scared people. "Yes, yes, yes. You're absolutely right."
"You failed because you didn't like the child born to your wife from a well - matched family just because you had someone you truly liked in your heart. You didn't like him! You ignored him! You even regarded him as a potential enemy who might snatch away, snatch away, snatch away the company! You never fulfilled your responsibility as a father! You're not worthy of being his father!"
Chu Hengyuan smiled and lowered his eyes. "It's really... exactly what I thought..." He knew that his father didn't like him because of his mother, not because he didn't look the way his father had expected.
After getting over the brief depression in his heart, he raised his eyes and looked at his little girl with a gentle smile. "Lan Lan, who is the 'he' you mentioned in that speech just now?"
He asked knowingly, curious to see if the dizzy little girl could sort out this complicated relationship line.
As it turned out, she could.
But it took her two minutes of counting on her fingers with her head down to figure it out.
The little girl's appearance of counting on her fingers with her head down was so cute that Chu Hengyuan was completely smitten. If he wasn't afraid of being scolded by the fierce little girl, he would definitely reach out and ruffle her ears.
"I know! The 'he' I'm talking about is Chu Hengyuan!" The little fox's ears twitched excitedly, but her dazed eyes and wobbly little head betrayed her true state.
"Oh?" It was quite good that she could still remember the name Chu Hengyuan.
"He's my Chu Hengyuan!"
"Yes, he is indeed your Chu Hengyuan." Chu Hengyuan himself was beaming with joy.
"His father didn't like him when he was a child. He must have suffered a lot of grievances. If I had known him back then, I would definitely have protected him well and taught those who treated him badly a lesson." The little fox rubbed her nose and spoke righteously.
Chu Hengyuan laughed even more heartily. He had wanted to take this opportunity to sit next to his little girl, but as soon as he sat down, the little girl gave him a hard push.
Chu Hengyuan: "???"
"Lan Lan, who am I?" He especially suspected now that his little girl had been talking to him for so long without knowing who he was.
Rong Lan dodged to the side in disgust. "You're a philanderer!"
Chu Hengyuan: "..." Sure enough, she didn't know that he was the Chu Hengyuan she wanted to protect.
He took a deep breath, sat up, and seeing her resistant little look, he had no choice but to sit back on the sofa, keeping a safe distance from her. "Lan Lan, can I ask you a very simple little question?"
He had watched the show long enough. It was time to get down to business.
Rong Lan didn't hesitate for a second and shook her head firmly. "No!"
Chu Hengyuan had expected this result. Since she had called him a philanderer, how could she obediently answer his question? Fortunately, he had already thought about what to do if the little girl refused. "If Lan Lan answers my question nicely, I'll give Lan Lan a reward that you'll definitely like."
"Reward?" The little fox licked her lips and looked at the philanderer, who in her eyes was smiling mischievously, with an innocent look. "Roast chicken?"
Chu Hengyuan nodded along with her words. "Yes! Roast chicken! Does Lan Lan want it?"
"Yes!" At the mention of roast chicken, the little fox's eyes lit up.
"Okay." Chu Hengyuan's eyes flashed, and his gaze fell on the top of her head. "Lan Lan, first answer me. What's your true form? Is it a cute and agile ocelot? Or a mighty little tiger?"
His tone was gentle, showing no trace of fear.
Anyway, he had locked the room door from the inside and drawn the curtains. Even if the drunk little girl transformed into her true form right in front of him, he could handle it.
He was already prepared to see a growling little tiger.
Hearing the two species he guessed, Rong Lan angrily slapped the quilt. Her face, already flushed from the alcohol, turned even redder with anger. "How could I be a tiger?!"
"Look at my ears! Where do my ears look like a tiger's ears?!" To prove that she had nothing to do with tigers, she twitched her ears several times, wanting the person who had guessed her true form wrongly to take a good look at her beautiful fox ears.
However, Chu Hengyuan couldn't see them. He could only judge from her words that she wanted to show him her ears.
He spread his hands helplessly. "I'm too far away from you. I can't see clearly. Can I sit next to you and take a closer look?"
He didn't even blink when he said this. Even though the sofa was only five steps away from the end of the bed, he told his little drunk girl seriously that he couldn't see.
Rong Lan was so drunk that she couldn't even recognize people, so she couldn't tell how far the person who had been hovering nearby was from her. She hesitated for a few seconds and finally patted the space in front of her. "You can sit over, but! But you can't touch my ears!"
Chu Hengyuan, who had secretly touched her ears countless times, held back his laughter. "Okay, I'll just look. I won't touch."
Rong Lan nodded her little head in satisfaction.
Chu Hengyuan sat in front of the little girl, cross - legged just like her, and pretended to seriously examine the top of her head. But in fact, he couldn't see anything. "They really don't look like a tiger's ears. Lan Lan's ears are prettier than a tiger's."
"Humph, then tell me, what kind of ears are my fox ears?" The little fox proudly lifted her chin.
Chu Hengyuan looked shocked.
Was his little girl this interesting after getting drunk?
Wasn't she just handing the answer to him on a silver platter?
Fox ears... So his little girl was actually a little fox? He had guessed the fox species at first, but after Baidu Baike told him that the favorite food of foxes wasn't chickens, he had unhesitatingly crossed out that answer.
Now it seemed that Baidu Baike had misled him quite a bit.